Title: |
Archaeological investigations at Stafford Street, Newport, Shropshire |
Series: |
Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation and watching brief was undertaken at a site off Stafford Street, Newport, Shropshire (centred on NGR SJ 7470 1917) on behalf of CgMs Consulting Ltd for their clients McCarthy and Stone (developments) Ltd who intend to develop the site as retirement flats for which a planning application has been submitted. The project aimed to determine if any significant archaeological site was present and if so to indicate what its location, date and nature were. Five evaluation trenches were excavated. The watching brief element comprised the monitoring of the lifting of a concrete slab and tarmac and the removal of retaining walls. and the excavation of five geo-technical test pits, a vehicle inspection pit and buried fuel tanks. In the northern part of the site a marshy area/pond was identified. This was clearly water filled during the medieval period as the upper part contained medieval pottery dated from the 13th to early 14th century. A possible revetment for the edge of this feature was identified. The lower parts of these peaty deposits, although undated, could date from before the medieval period, perhaps earlier. In the early post-medieval period and later this area was consolidated by the dumping of material. A cultivation soil seen in some of the trenches dates from the post-medieval period and probably corresponds to the orchard and gardens shown on the Ordnance Survey 1882 map. In other trenches remains of structures which relate to buildings shown on later Ordnance Survey maps were identified. Environmental sampling of the deposits in the northern part of the site was carried out which has provided information on the progression of this environment from a marsh or pond to a drier area of woodland or scrub. Their significance can be set within the context of information available on organic deposits known to exist in Newport and further afield in the wetlands of northern Shropshire and Staffordshire. |
Author: |
A Lee
Jo Wainwright
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Shropshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
Stafford Street |
Parish: |
NEWPORT |
District: |
Telford and Wrekin |
County: |
Shropshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 374700, 319170 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
fieldsec1-97623 |
OBIB: |
WHEAS Report no. 1761 |
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Note: |
A4 ringbound unpublished report and digital pdf
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |